Configuring the Switch
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Web – Click System, Line, Console. Specify the console port connection parameters

as required, then click Apply.

Figure3-1. Console Port Settings

CLI – Enter Line Configuration mode for the console, then specify the connection

parameters as required. To display the current console port settings, use the show

line command from the Normal Exec level.

Console(config)#line console 4-10
Console(config-line)#login local 4-11
Console(config-line)#password 0 secret 4-12
Console(config-line)#timeout login response 0 4-13
Console(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 4-14
Console(config-line)#password-thresh 5 4-14
Console(config-line)#silent-time 60 4-15
Console(config-line)#databits 8 4-16
Console(config-line)#parity none 4-16
Console(config-line)#speed auto 4-17
Console(config-line)#stopbits 1 4-17
Console(config-line)#end
Console#show line 4-18
Console configuration:
Password threshold: 5 times
Interactive timeout: Disabled
Login timeout: Disabled
Silent time: 60
Baudrate: auto
Databits: 8
Parity: none
Stopbits: 1
VTY configuration:
Password threshold: 3 times
Interactive timeout: 600 sec
Login timeout: 300 sec
Console#